Carl Borivoj Presl
{{Short description|Czech botanist}}
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Carl Borivoj Presl ({{langx|cs|Karel Bořivoj Presl}}; 17 February 1794 – 2 October 1852) was a Czech botanist. {{botanist|C.Presl|inline=y}}
Biography
Presl lived his entire life in Prague, and was a professor of botany at the University of Prague (1833–52).[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189861#page/405/mode/1up BHL] Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications He made an expedition to Sicily in 1817,[http://www.paeon.de/aaa/09210.html Kifissia, Greece: Goulandris Natural History Museum, J.Makris (1984)] Paeonia mascula and with his brother, published a "Flora bohemica" titled "Flora čechica: indicatis medicinalibus, oeconomicis technologicisque plantis" in 1819.[https://books.google.com/books?id=0loznAEACAAJ Google Books] Flora čechica: indicatis medicinalibus, oeconomicis technologicisque plantis
His older brother Jan Svatopluk Presl was also a noted botanist; the journal Preslia of the Czech Botanical Society is named in their honor.[http://www.preslia.cz/ Preslia] The Journal of the Czech Botanical Society The botanical genera Preslaea Mart., 1827 from the family Boraginaceae, (now a synonym of Euploca {{small|Nutt.}}{{cite web |title=Preslaea Mart. {{!}} Plants of the World Online|publisher=Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30206030-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=21 November 2021}} ) and Preslia Opiz, 1824 of the family Lamiaceae (it is also now a synonym of Woodsia {{small|R.Br.}}{{cite web |title=Preslia Opiz {{!}} Plants of the World Online|publisher=Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17209110-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=21 November 2021}}) are dedicated to the two brothers. In 2006, botanists (Urb. & Gilg) Weigend published Presliophytum, a genus of flowering plants from South America, belonging to the family Loasaceae which also honours Carl Borivoj Presl's name.{{cite web |title=Presliophytum (Urb. & Gilg) Weigend {{!}} Plants of the World Online|publisher=Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1007423-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=28 May 2021}}
File:Presl brothers grave Vysehrad Cemetery Prague CZ 805.jpg
He spent nearly 15 years producing the exsiccata "Reliquiae Haenkeanae" (published from 1825 to 1835), a work based on botanical specimens collected in the Americas by Thaddaeus Haenke.[https://books.google.com/books?id=BdFuHC3DhwAC&dq=Presl+%22Thaddaeus+Haenke%22&pg=PA337 Google Books] Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists edited by Keir Brooks Sterling{{Cite web |title=Reliquiae Haenkeanae: IndExs ExsiccataID=312936576 |website=IndExs - Index of Exsiccatae |publisher=Botanische Staatssammlung München |url=http://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=312936576 |access-date=14 May 2024}}Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
See also
- {{C|Taxa named by Carl Borivoj Presl|Taxa named by Carl Borivoj Presl (C.Presl)}}
- Jan Svatopluk Presl (J.Presl, 1791–1849) — Czech chemist/mineralogist/botanist, and older brother of Carl Presl.
References
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= Bibliography =
- Carl Bořivoj Presl: "Reliquiae Haenkeanae : seu descriptiones et icones plantarum, quas in America meridionali et boreali, in insulis Philippinis et Marianis collegit Thaddaeus Haenke". J.G. Calve, Prague, 1825 to 1835.[http://www.botanicus.org/title/b12043606 Botanicus] Reliquiae Haenkeanae
- "Flora sicula, exhibens plantas vasculosas in Sicilia aut sponte crescentes aut frequentissime cultas, secundum systema naturale digestas", 1826.
- "Symbolae botanicae, sive, Descriptiones et icones plantarum novarum aut minus cognitarum", 1832.
- "Catalogue of Ferns: After the Arrangement of C. Sprengel", 1841; Whittaker and Company, 1841.[https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Karel+Bo%C5%99iwog+Presl%22 Google Search] publications)
- Hymenophyllaceae, 1845 – Monograph on Hymenophyllaceae.
- "Supplementum Tentaminis Pteridographiae", 1847.
- Die Gefässbündel im Stipes der Farrn, 1848 – The vascular bundles in the stipes of ferns.[https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Karl+Bo%C5%99iwoj+Presl%22 Google Search] publications
External links
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- [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/search?q=Karel+Presl&fq=&se=as&sd=asc&qt=sort_as_asc WorldCat]
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